Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, competing for the first time since Gilles' ovarian cancer diagnosis, claim gold in the ice dance competition with a total score of 219.01. Great Britain's Fear and Gibson finish second, while Reed and Ambrulevicius take third place.
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have once again claimed gold on home soil, finishing on top of the ice dance program at Skate Canada International.
Great Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, who had the audience clapping along to their "Rocky" themed program, finished just over five points behind the Canadians in the free dance to end up second overall. Gilles and Poirier are the first team to win four consecutive Skate Canada gold medals since fellow Canadians Victor Kraatz and Shae-Lynn Bourne. Kratz and Bourne won five straight Skate Canada medals from 1994-95.
The reigning world champion scored a season-best score of 151 in the free skate program to finish first in the competition and overall with a total score of 226.13. Sakamoto's Japan teammate Rino Matsuike rounded out the top three, the same order as Friday's short program.
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